Me in a raindrop...
name:Lee Sihan
age:21
likes:laughing, BAKING, jogging, brinjal, trekking and just being alive...
dislikes:being judged, getting hurt and injured, feeling depressed...
stuff about me: Confused, puzzlement, indecisive, happy-go-lucky, moody...All the words above are my usual feelings, hmph, that explains the mood swings huh? Just being myself i guess...
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Pamper me!!!
Baking Books - 'Sticky Chewy Messy Gooey' by jill o connor 'Demolition Desserts' by Elizabeth Falkner 'Desserts by the yard' by Sherry Yard
Kitchen Aid (i want a red or yellow one!)
Cupcake Stands
More Silicon Baking Pans
Cookies Cutters ( BIG NICE ONES!!! ones tt i can do cookie decorating on)
A set of Ramekin Cups
Valrhona chocolate or an expensive slab of french chocolate
Accessories from Anthology
Canvas shoes from River Island (size 4)
A pot of Mint
Red Clutch
Aromatherapy Scents
Jazz Cds!!!
A culinary blow torch
A good blush brush
A new handphone
Bottles of rare liquer; frangelico, framboise

Star-lized Raindrops
Frespof - just funk it
wookie n co (printing services)
Starry house
Anthology (for dreamy earrings, bagchamrms and others!)
Aficionado(for intimate dining. definitely a MUST TRY!!!)

Other Raindrops...
Yeeling
Jennie
Fengyi
Lihui
Audrey
Lin Sui a.k.a bestie
Shengrong
Vic
Jiahui
Timothy
Kawei
Wenliang a.k.a Nick
Samuel
Claire the 'siao' Baker
Evangeline
Gun Kiat
Sze Fei
Nicole
Jiachien
Yan'an
Oda
Blurest tuition kid in the world
my punk kid
Rina

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Places I wanna try
Corduroy and Finch
One Rochestor
Graze
Brown Sugar
Macaron
Gone Fishing
Screening Room
Ember Restaurant
The tea party
Melvados
PS Cafe
My Secret Garden
Breeze
Wild Rocket
Hooha Cafe
Haato
Au Petit Salut
Indulgz Bistro
Broth
Canele Patisserie
Fosters - an english rose cafe

My Library
Martha Stewerts Baking Handbook
Crave -cheese desserts to die for
Woman's weekly Cupcakes
Cupcakes (Elinor Klivans)
BigFatCookies(Elinor Klivans)
500 Cupcakes and Muffins
Just Desserts - Daniel Tay
Fantastic Party Cakes - Mich Turner
Modern Classics 2 - Donna Hay
Everyday - Bill Granger
Betty Crocker's Cake Decorating
A Touch of Classic Baking - Kelvin Chai
Seasonal Petit Fours
Superb Brownies, Cakes and Slices (Periplus)
Baking Boot Camp
Gorgeous cakes - Annie Bell
Chocolate - Donna Hay
Desserts by the Yard - Sherry Yard
Sticky, Chewy, Messy Gooey - Jill O' Conner
The Cake Bible - Rosy Levy Beranbaum
Southern Cakes
Juniors Cheesecake Cookbook
Baking from my home to yours - Dorie Greenspan
Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, muffins and more - Carole Walter

the gurl who smiles and cries

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Sugar High Friday #41: Sweet Gifts finally... another attempt at sugar high fridays after such a long long rest period. Guess keeping to deadlines isn't exactly my cup of tea... especially with my schedule gone haywire recently. but lets not dwell into that. so yesh..we were saying? sugar high friday #41: sweet gifts. gosh.. i lurve tt idea. finally something for everybody. not tt i have something against pies or anything but i guess this came just at the right moment. my 6th month anni. together with babe.

my choice of weapon...recipe, simply the chocolate pound cake. (now tt it is revealed... can i say tt i find the crack on the first picture somehow uber sexy.. glossy combined with a deep dark crack... must be some form of socery working ard here.)

strange ain't it. shld i have done something more extravagent? something a little more bombastic, a little more complex, a little sweeter?

the answer is a definite NO! well, to begin with, my babe never had a sweet tooth. None of the silly cravings for sugar or sweet things; no such nonsense from him. However, he had to put up with my lust for desserts and frequent baking experiments. poor thing... so this time round; in view of our 6th month together (with plenty of rough times i assure you; nothing as sweet as the desserts i churn out), i did something that he requested. It so happened that we were strolling down a supermarket alley during lunch hour one day and came across the aisle with the frozen sara lee cakes, babe exclaimed and told me that he loved eating those cakes when he was in his younger days. Immediately, my brain started churning at high speeds. HEY! this would be perfect for the event... a lovely loaf of fresh sara sihan lee chocolate pound cake for my loved one and his family to nibble at over the week. *beams*

i jumped the gun and decided on using the recipe from Dorie Greenspan's 'Baking From my home to yours' (sidenote: *screams*.. pardon me, tts my new book.) since i wanted something simple and quick to try as my virgin recipe from the new book. so here it goes...

Perfection Pound Cake (cocoa version)

adapted from 'Baking from My Home to Yours'

1 2/3 cups all purpose flour

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 sticks unsalted butter (236g)

1 cup sugar

4 large eggs, at room temperature

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 170 degrees celsius
2. Butter a 9x5 inch loaf pan
3. Sift the Cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt together.
4. Working with a stand mixer, on paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar till pale and fluffy (5 mins at high speed)
5. Scrape down the sides, turn to medium speed and beat in the eggs one at a time, beating for 1-2 mins after each egg goes in.
6. Reduce the speed to low and add in the flour mixture, mixing until just incoporated (be careful not to overmix)
7. Scrape the batter into the buttered pan and smooth the top
8. put the cake into the oven to bake and check on it after 45 mins. Bake the cake for 70-75 mins.
9. Remove the cake from the oven and let it rest for 30mins before turning out the cake on the right side up.
   

the end result, a no frills, sturdy loaf of intense chocolate suitable for my babe...

on a side note, happy 6th month baby boi. guess we've both got our shares of ups and downs in the relationship. we know the roots and ways to get on each others nerves and so do we know how to please each other. I just want you to know that however much i scold and beat you (woops... husband beater in da house) i still love you all the same. Things will be alright in the end k? let the Lord guide us through.

p.s. thank you very much for the lovely burberry wallet. *Beaming*... erm, wat's the time babe?

Labels: cakes, events, sugar high fridays

posted by SiHaN at 3/20/2008 06:12:00 AM